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Updated on April 6, 2021 at 9:58 am NBC Universal, Inc. With only three months before the New York City mayoral primaries in June, there is an early picture of the front-runners in the races — and time is quickly running out for those looking to gain ground. After entering the race a little later than his fellow candidates and jolting the dynamics of the citys mayoral race, Andrew Yang has found himself leading in early polls based on name recognition. On Monday, participated in what may beco...

Comptroller Scott Stringer, who’s running for mayor, said the data show the need for better access to childcare and stronger job protections for care providers, among other steps.

Labor leaders are throwing their weight behind Eric Adams in the New York City mayoral race. Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, has won three major labor endorsements in the past two weeks, cementing his status as one of the top candidates in the crowded Democratic primary field. As Mr. Adams rose, Loree Sutton, one of the first women to join the race, dropped out, and the campaigns pushed to qualify for public matching funds. Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate, announced ov...

Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang’s plan to give cash to NYC’s poor remains vague, opponents call it a ‘gimmick’ Michael Gartland To much fanfare, Andrew Yang rolled out his mayoral campaign by vowing he’d repurpose his universal basic income plan for the poorest New Yorkers, but two months later, exactly how he intends to pay for that plan remains unclear. Yang formally made his City Hall run public on Jan. 14 in Morningside Park where he told reporters he’d recast the ...

Mayoral candidates Shaun Donovan, Ray McGuire, Scott Stringer, Andrew Yang, Kathryn Garcia and more debated New York City housing issues.

Reply(1) A new report by Comptroller Scott Stringer found the city spent an average of $447,000 per inmate in 2020 as jail violence rose. (Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock) NEW YORK CITY — A years-long low number of inmates in New York Citys jails during the pandemic didnt keep costs and violence down, according to a new report. In fact, taxpayers ending up paying 30 percent more per inmate over fiscal year 2020 — a span that also saw a nearly-identical rise in violence within jails. "The cost to...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- WABC-TV will be hosting two New York City mayoral debates ahead of the June 22 primary, as well as the final debate before the general election on November 2. Channel 7 will air a debate with the Democratic candidates on Wednesday, June 2, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and a debate with the Republican candidates on Sunday, June 6, time TBA. Then, on Tuesday, October 26, at 7 p.m., WABC will host the final debate between the leading candidates before New Yorkers head to the poll...

The old schedules — which were already pared down from pre-pandemic service — will return March 29, said LIRR president Phil Eng.

Like most business leaders, Ross wants a like-minded chief executive at City Hall. He grew accustomed to that during 12 years of Michael Bloomberg — who secured the Hudson Yards rezoning that gave Related the chance to undertake the country’s largest private development — and eight years of Rudy Giuliani, who awarded Ross his first megaproject, the Time Warner Center. It gnaws on Ross and his brethren to have de Blasio at the city’s helm. It’s akin to what haters of Donald Trump suffe...

(subject line: One Issue Explainer) Once every year or so, someone (or an entire state) west of the Hudson River adorably tries to claim they have better bagels than New York City. Locals are very sensitive whenever this happens, because bagels are the common love language of New Yorkers of all ages. So naturally, the city was in a bit of a tizzy this week when NY Times writer Tejal Rao, a former Brooklyn resident, declared that California is home to "some of the finest New York-style bagels I�...